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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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TAL Education Group , which began as a solo tutoring operation in 2003 and has since grown into a publicly-traded empire, boasting $620 million in revenue in 2015 from a network of over 300 brick-and-mortar tutoring centers. Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) edtech startups.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ AI Learns Gender and Racial Biases from Language” says Jeremy Hsu in IEEE Spectrum. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “The Cost That Holds Back Ed-Tech Innovation.” ” asks Matt Bruenig.